• Towering Metal Stoves for a "Magnetic City" Blast Furnace
  
  
• An Electric Excavator (near Magnitogorsk)
  
  
• Towers, Chimneys, Pipes and Tracks: Magnitogorsk Chemical Plant
  
  
• A Blast Furnace Foreman and His Brigade
  
  
• 'Stakhanovite' Steelworker in Magnitogorsk Exceeds Projections
  
  
• Kuznetsk Coal Basin Plant
  
  
• Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory (similar to famous one in Kharkov)
  
  
• Yes, Women Dig Canals Too
  
  
• A Battle of Wits: Workers hone competitive skills playing chess

   Source: John Scott, "'Magnetic City,' Core of Valiant Russia's Industrial Might"
               National Geographic Vol. 83 No. 5 (May 1943), pp. 525-56
               Photos by SovPhoto.

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